Bug#364582: [Pkg-spca5xx-devel] Bug#364582: spca5xx-modules-i386: Recommend on non-Debian package

Kel Modderman kelrin at tpg.com.au
Mon Apr 24 12:12:38 UTC 2006


Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> Package: spca5xx-modules-i386
> Severity: serious
>
> Hi
>
> Your binaries contain a line "Recommends: spcacat, spcaview, spcaserv",
> but Im unable to find those packages in Debian (or in Provides).
>
> Thats against Policy 2.2.1.
>
> --8<------------------------schnipp------------------------->8---
> In addition, the packages in main
>
>     * must not require a package outside of main for compilation or
>       execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends",
>       "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main
>       package)
> --8<------------------------schnapp------------------------->8---
>
>   

Indeed, and apologies. Those recommends snuck into control.modules.in of 
the spca5xx-source package in my over-anxiousness to have spcaview in 
debian.

Fixed in pkg-spca5xx SVN.

Thanks, Kel.




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